spin bowler

British

noun

cricket a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion

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The former spin bowler and her guests will analyse the day's play and you'll be able to watch that on iPlayer and in the live page on the BBC Sport website and app.

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Josh Baker's Worcestershire team-mates will play with his squad number on their shirts for the rest of the season in tribute to the spin bowler.

From BBC

The Luton-born spin bowler had been planning to stand to become MP in West London's Ealing Southall constituency, where Labour's Virendra Sharma currently holds a 16,000 majority.

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Worcestershire spin bowler Josh Baker has died at the age of 20.

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And Pakistan spin bowler Usama Mir, who is due to rejoin Worcestershire for this summer's T20 Blast, posted on X, formerly Twitter: "So sad and upset to hear the news of Josh’s passing. He was one of the nicest people you could meet. And a brilliant cricketer."

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